EP2978708B1 - Ship to shore or ship to ship fluid product transfer arm - Google Patents

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EP2978708B1
EP2978708B1 EP14718768.6A EP14718768A EP2978708B1 EP 2978708 B1 EP2978708 B1 EP 2978708B1 EP 14718768 A EP14718768 A EP 14718768A EP 2978708 B1 EP2978708 B1 EP 2978708B1
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B63—SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; RELATED EQUIPMENT
    • B63B—SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; EQUIPMENT FOR SHIPPING 
    • B63B27/00—Arrangement of ship-based loading or unloading equipment for cargo or passengers
    • B63B27/24—Arrangement of ship-based loading or unloading equipment for cargo or passengers of pipe-lines
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B63—SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; RELATED EQUIPMENT
    • B63B—SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; EQUIPMENT FOR SHIPPING 
    • B63B27/00—Arrangement of ship-based loading or unloading equipment for cargo or passengers
    • B63B27/30—Arrangement of ship-based loading or unloading equipment for transfer at sea between ships or between ships and off-shore structures
    • B63B27/34—Arrangement of ship-based loading or unloading equipment for transfer at sea between ships or between ships and off-shore structures using pipe-lines
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B67—OPENING, CLOSING OR CLEANING BOTTLES, JARS OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS; LIQUID HANDLING
    • B67D—DISPENSING, DELIVERING OR TRANSFERRING LIQUIDS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • B67D9/00—Apparatus or devices for transferring liquids when loading or unloading ships
    • B67D9/02—Apparatus or devices for transferring liquids when loading or unloading ships using articulated pipes
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
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    • Y10T—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION
    • Y10T137/00—Fluid handling
    • Y10T137/8593—Systems
    • Y10T137/8807—Articulated or swinging flow conduit

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  • the invention relates to a transfer arm for a fluid product, and for example particularly for petroleum products.
  • LPG liquefied petroleum gas
  • LNG liquefied natural gas
  • such an arm when installed at the center of a supply ship, such an arm may be connected to boats moored on the port or starboard side.
  • Such a loading arm is for example described in FR 2 181 584 or WO 2004/0099062 .
  • the invention is directed to providing a transfer arm of the same kind, but with improved performance to meet the requirements of transferring multi-products and/or liquid phase and gaseous return phase and of the multiple connections situated in confined spaces.
  • a transfer arm comprising one or more transfer pipes having several sections linked to each other by fluid-tight articulations and having an end provided with a connect-disconnect device adapted for the connection of the pipe to a target duct, and further comprising a support structure for the pipe or pipes comprising an inner branch which is mounted on a base and an outer branch, whereby the outer branch is suspended from the inner branch by articulation means enabling rotation of the outer branch around a vertical axis and around a horizontal axis.
  • the outer branch is provided with an end equipped with a balancing counterweight for balancing that branch and the outer pipe or pipes associated with it, around the horizontal rotational axis defined by the articulation means, and the arm comprises disengageable actuating means for actuating the rotations of the outer branch around the horizontal axis and around the vertical axis and one or more flexible links which suspend the transfer pipe or pipes, upstream of the connect-disconnect device, from the outer branch.
  • the present invention thus makes it possible in particular to have a certain degree of flexibility in the join between the pipe and the support structure, which is advantageous not only during the operation of connection to the target duct but also after the connection in following the movements of the ship to which the pipe is connected, in order to avoid arresting the movement of the connections and avoid overloading them.
  • the main pipe is adapted for transferring product and particularly liquefied natural gas and the arm may comprise a second pipe, for another product or even for the return of gas vapors, which is also in sections linked by fluid-tight articulations, provided with a connect-disconnect device adapted for the connection of the second pipe to a second target duct, and suspended by a second flexible link, upstream of its connect-disconnect device, from the outer branch of the support structure.
  • the transfer arm 1 comprises two fluid transfer pipes 2, 3 and further comprises a support structure 4 for those pipes 2, 3.
  • the first pipe 2 is adapted for the transfer of liquefied natural gas (LNG) from a supply ship, of which the deck 5 is represented in Figure 5 , to another ship 6, such as a container ship.
  • LNG liquefied natural gas
  • the second pipe 3 is provided for the return to the supply ship of the gas vapors produced during the transfer.
  • couplers 9, 10 are of QCDC type (QCDC standing for “Quick Connect-Disconnect Coupler”), which is known per se, and an ERS 13, 14 (ERS standing for “Emergency Release System”), also known per se, is arranged upstream of the coupler 9, 10.
  • the fluid-tight articulations are, here, assemblies each of which is formed by the joining of at least one bend and at least one swivel joint, here cryogenic, and of Chiksan® swivel joint type.
  • the fluid-tight articulations are thus of cryogenic Chiksan® swivel joint type here but may be any type providing rotation around an axis of the two ends that are connected to it with transfer of the mechanical forces and providing the passage of the product internally and the necessary fluid-tightnesses.
  • the articulated assemblies are 9 in number (referenced 15a to 15i in Figure 3 for the product pipe 2) and are configured so as to give each of them six degrees of freedom: the three coordinates of translation as well as the angles of roll, pitch and yaw (Euler angles) or as a variant, their nautical equivalent.
  • the support structure 4 for these pipes 2, 3 comprise an inner branch 16 mounted on a base 17.
  • the inner branch 16 is advantageously rotatably mounted on the base, around a horizontal axis 20 (see Figure 3 ), in order to be able to raise and lower the arm.
  • This articulation in a vertical plane is formed between a first end of that inner branch 16 provided with a counterweight 19 and a second end of that inner branch 16, from which the outer branch 18 is suspended from the inner branch 16.
  • the outer branch 18 is moreover suspended from the inner branch 16 by articulation means 22, described in more detail below, and which permit rotation of the outer branch around a vertical axis 23 and a horizontal axis 21.
  • articulation means 22 are arranged between a first end and a second end of the outer branch 18, the first end of that outer branch 18 being provided with a counterweight 24 for balancing the two parts of the outer branch 18 that are situated on opposite sides of the horizontal rotational axis 21 defined by those articulation means 22.
  • the inner branch is also advantageously rotatably mounted, in the case of the present embodiment, on the base 17, around a vertical axis 25 (see Figure 3 ).
  • the articulation means 22 enabling the suspension from the inner branch 16 are themselves articulated to that inner branch 16 around a horizontal axis 38 (see Figure 3 ) extending parallel to the horizontal rotational axis 20 of the inner branch 16.
  • a device of rigid pantograph type 26, mounted on the inner branch 16, furthermore advantageously enables the rotational axis 23 of the outer branch 18 to be kept vertical, that is to say in practice, to keep it parallel to the vertical rotational axis 25 of the inner branch 16 in all circumstances.
  • the inner branch 16 is, here, mounted on the base 17 via a bracket-shaped support 27, with the interposition of a slewing ring 56, for the rotation of that inner branch 16 around the vertical axis 25.
  • that inner branch 16 is, furthermore, provided with a mounting leg 28 articulated to the branch 29 of the bracket-shaped support 27, which extends vertically, with interposition of a slewing ring (not visible in the drawings).
  • the articulation means 22 also comprise a support having the form of a bracket-shaped part 30, on one of the branches of which (the one, 31, extending horizontally) is articulated a clevis articulation 32 defining the horizontal rotational axis 21 enabling the articulation of the outer branch 18 in a vertical plane.
  • This clevis articulation 32 comprises, more specifically, two forks 33 and 34 accommodated within each other and joined by an articulation shaft 35 defining said horizontal axis 21.
  • This clevis articulation 32 is, itself, rotatably mounted on the bracket-shaped part 30, around the vertical rotational axis 23 enabling articulation of the outer branch 18 in a horizontal plane, here also via a slewing ring 36 (see Figure 2 ).
  • the branch 37 of the bracket-shaped part 30, which extends vertically, is, respectively, rotatably mounted, around the horizontal rotational axis 38 (see Figure 3 ), via a suspension leg 39, fastened to the second end of the inner branch 16, and a slewing ring 40.
  • the outer branch 18 has, in a T-shaped general configuration, two lateral ends 41, 42, to each of which is fastened the end of a flexible link, here a cable 43, 44.
  • These lateral ends 41, 42 are formed at the opposite end of the outer branch 18 to that bearing the counterweight 24 and on a part of that outer branch 18 forming an angle with the rest of the branch, so as to be oriented upwardly when the latter is suspended from the inner branch 16.
  • each of these cables 43, 44 is respectively fastened to the product pipe 2 and to the vapor return pipe 3, thus suspending them with flexibility to the outer branch 18, upstream of the couplers 9, 10.
  • each of those pipes passes in part alongside the inner branch 16, to which each of them is fastened by U-shaped brackets (referenced 45a to 45c for the vapor return pipe 3 and 46a to 46c for the product pipe), then the base 17, to the outside of which the vapor return pipe 3 is fastened by two other U-shaped brackets 47a, 47b, whereas the product pipe extends within that base 17, concentrically thereto.
  • the vapor return pipe 3 is, moreover, fastened by a lug 48 to the branch 49 of the bracket-shaped support 27, which extends horizontally.
  • pipe 2 moreover passes through the articulation supports 27 and 30 as well as the legs 28 and 39, thanks to passage openings, here circular, formed therein.
  • passage openings here circular, formed therein.
  • Those visible in the drawings bear the numerical references 50 and 51.
  • the fluid-tight articulations form “style 50's”
  • the vapor return pipe 3 is provided with articulations of "style 40" type and sections configured so as to enable it to pass around those articulation supports 27 and 30.
  • the two lines 2 and 3 are separate, the vertical axis swivel joint 15d is linked (at 64) to the pipe 2 and to the pipe 3 at a vertical axis swivel joint, also aligned on the same vertical axis such that the two lines can pivot separately on the same vertical axis as well as the outer branch 18.
  • Actuating means for the different inclinations and orientations are moreover provided.
  • jacks 52, 53 and 54 here hydraulic, make it possible to actuate, respectively, the inclination of the inner branch 16, the orientation of the outer branch 18 in the horizontal plane and the inclination of the latter in the vertical plane.
  • the jacks 53 and 54 are articulated to a plate 55 joined to the clevis articulation 32 and interposed between that articulation and the slewing ring serving for its mounting on the articulation support 30, the slewing ring 36 itself being fastened to that plate 55.
  • the jacks 53, 54 for inclination and orientation of the outer branch 18 are disengageable, so as to be able to be disengaged or set to "coast" once the pipes 2 and 3 have been connected to the target ducts 11 and 12, whereas the other actuating means remain locked in that position.
  • Figure 4 very diagrammatically represents the actuating device or actuator 57 of the orientation of the inner arm 16 on the base 17. This is a specific actuator enabling fairly large travel.
  • jacks 58, 59 each acting on the end of a cable 60.
  • the cable After its fastening point to each of the jacks 58, 59, the cable first of all passes over a redirecting pulley 61, 62, arranged vertically and fastened to the base tube 17, then over a horizontal pulley 63 arranged horizontally and concentrically to the vertical axis swivel joint 15a to which it is also fastened.
  • actuators 52 and 57 have only been represented in Figures 3 and 4 , in the interest of clarity for the other Figures.
  • the operation of the set of actuators 52, 53, 54 and 57 is of course coordinated by a hydraulic circuit and an electrical circuit (not shown), controlled manually or automatically corrected with a slave control circuit of any appropriate type known per se.
  • connection kinematics of such a loading arm 1 is as follows: the transfer arm 1 is first of all extended from a resting position represented in Figure 5 , in which the outer branch 18 extends approximately parallel to the inner branch 16, beneath it.
  • the product pipe 2 is connected to its target duct 11.
  • the outer branch 18 extends in a plane forming an angle with the plane in which extends the inner branch 16, in practice less than or equal to 90° (here slightly less than 90°).
  • the actuators 52 and 57 are locked whereas the actuators 53 and 54 coast in order to follow the movements of the ship 6 as best possible.
  • the flexible links 43 and 44 give a certain degree of flexibility between the two pipes 2, 3, enabling not only a connection in two phases thereof, but also optimized following of the movements of the two ships 5 and 6.
  • such a transfer arm 1 has the following particularities and advantages:
  • hydraulic jacks may be replaced by pneumatic or electrical jacks, or motors, such as rotary motors.
  • the remote part of the pipes beyond the inner member may also be formed from flexible pipe the aim of which would be to enable a connection situated further away from the freeboard of the ship to load and which would potentially eliminate the last vertical and horizontal swivel joints.
  • such a transfer arm 1 may be used in an application for transfer of petroleum or chemical products, liquefied petroleum gas (or LPG), liquefied natural gas (LNG) with or without any vapor return pipe and one or more product pipes.
  • LPG liquefied petroleum gas
  • LNG liquefied natural gas

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FR1352949A FR3003855B1 (fr) 2013-03-29 2013-03-29 Bras de transfert d'un produit fluide de navire a navire
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